Write Blog #5. (Make this your best one ever! You will be getting a separate grade on how well you have developed your blog over the 5 posts.)
Make sure you understand how to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and average with formulas and functions. You should also know how to "fill down" to copy formulas to the rest of the cells. You should also know how to format cells as currency (money). Practice Test on Tues. Test on Friday.
Tues(1/7)
Using the Concatenating Function in formulas
Review Concatenate function with handout, especially adding "space" to add a space in the cell.
Introduce the LEFT and RIGHT function to choose the left digits or letters of a cell.
Introduce the LOWER function to make text in cells lower case.
Handout explaining Concatenating:
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Wed (1/8)
Mr. Silva will review the third exercise we did yesterday, concatenating the student names and ID's with the &.
Write a couple of the names and ID's on a new Excel sheet so he can go over it with you.
Do the first and last name with a space " ". Do the first initial and last name with no space. Left(A1,1)
He will help you do the first two ID digits, last name, first two letters of the first name.
Do practice Formula worksheet in class. Download it from here. The test on Friday will be like it. I can help you on Thursday, too.
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Do your final Comment on Blog #5. To get all three points, your comment needs to have a question and a link or picture that you found that adds more information on the topic.
Wed (1/8)
Comment on your 5th person's blog post.
Answer each person's questionnaire on their blog.
Test tomorrow on Formulas/Functions. (Practice with your practice sheet from Tues.)
Thurs (1/9)
Help anyone with questions about formulas/functions for test tomorrow (Friday).
Come up with a question related to your blog that people can vote on. (multiple choice)
Use a Google "Form" to create your questionnaire. Embed the form in a 6th blog post on your blog using the html tab.
Answer your questionnaire.
Use the COUNT-IF function to set up a spreadsheet data chart to use to create a bar chart(graph).
Embed your chart(graph) in your blog post using the html tab.
The directions are on the second page of the Formulas Part 2 handout:
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Fri (1/10)
Finish up embedding graph/chart in blog if not finished.
Google Docs (Watch last TED?; subscribe to the TED blog.) or play with other tools (SumoPaint, Wordle, Poll Everywhere, QR codes)
WEEK OF Jan. 2 - Jan. 4
Wed (1/2)
Use this time to finish the Flyer assignment if you need to or to play around with SumoPaint or work on your next blog post #5 for next week. If you do something in SumoPaint, save it so we can see it.
Thurs (1/3)
Formulas and functions in Excel (add, subtract, SUM, AVERAGE) concatenating to combine text in cells) See handout.
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Fri (1/4)
Formulas and functions in Excel: Using CONCATENATE to combine text in cells. (See handout from Thurs.)
WEEK 17: 12/17 - 12/21
Mon (12/17)
Write Blog Post # 4 on your themed blog.
Answer any comments that were questions for you.
Get started on your "Flyer" assignment which is due Jan 3. (See Friday or Tuesday below for details.)
Play around with SumoPaint. (Mr. Silva has extra copies of the instructions.)
Tues (12/18)
Review the "desktop publishing" assignment - Creating a Flyer using Word:
ASSIGNMENT (DUE Thurs. Jan 3): Create an ad or flyer which includes:
A logo made up of 2 or more graphics that are grouped: Word Art & clipart (or shapes). You may choose to do a SumoPaint logo instead with text and/or an image. Extra point points if you use SumoPaint.
Text boxes (more than one)
At least one image
Lines or shapes
Title that is larger
Other main points or headings that are larger.
Use a magazine ad or flyer whose layout you like and can pretty much copy. You can use the websites shared in our Diigo group
Work with Sumo Paint, if needed (or with Word). Make sure everyone has an ad to copy.
Introduce Spreadsheet (Bar/Pie Graphs) if time.
Wed (12/19)
Commenting on Blog post #4
Work on "Flyer" assignment. Due Thurs, Jan 3, when we get back.
Thurs (12/20)
Go over handout which explains creating charts/graphs in Excel for Mac 2008. You can access the handout and other links to help w/ Excel charts/graphs on the Excel Spreadsheet page of our wiki.
Upload your Excel graph to an Excel page on your wiki.
Introduce formulas - Mr. Silva's activity
Fri (12/21)
More advanced formulas
Deciding on a question to use for gathering data to chart/graph with Google Forms.
WEEK 16: 12/10 - 12/14
Mon (12/10)
Watch the video by David Perry "Are Games Better Than Life?" from the TED blog post about the "Finding the Meaning in Video Games" as a whole class from the teacher computer. This blog post is linked to our group in Diigo. While you are watching it, post your thoughts to the backchannel.
Answer any questions people may have asked you from your 2nd blog post.
Write your 3rd blog post.
Tues (12/11)
Assign to do for homework tonight or in class Wed: Watch the David Perry video from Monday and add at least 3 "High School Quality" comments to the back channel as you are watching. Thursday, you will be writing a reflection on the whole video in a Ning.
Do formatting in Excel: (formatting before entering data, text wrap, merging cells, adding borders, shading, setting print range)
Add Word Art, shape and group them to make a logo.
Fri (12/14)
Start SumoPaint. Create an image (logo) (hamburger / soda / text) to insert in a Word Processing document.
Explain the "Flyer" assignment due Jan 3. (Go over: adding/formatting text box and lines in Word.)
Review what makes a good blog / comment. Show examples. Announce we will be having another hs class from another school read our blogs and comment. (Shalom Christian Academy)
Use a magazine ad or flyer whose layout you like and can pretty much copy. (You can use the websites shared in our Diigo group:
ASSIGNMENT (DUE Thurs. Jan 3): Create an ad or flyer which includes:
A logo made up of 2 or more graphics that are grouped: Word Art & clipart (or shapes). You may choose to do a SumoPaint logo instead with text and/or an image. Extra point points if you use SumoPaint.
Text boxes (more than one)
At least one image
Lines or shapes
Title that is larger
Other main points or headings that are larger.
(Titles, logo, headings must be words, but the "copy" in text boxes should just be gibberish.)
WEEK 15: 12/3 - 12/7
Mon (12/3)
Answer any questions on your first blog post. Write your 2nd blog post.
When finished with test, read TED blog on new meaning of games, which has been shared in our diigo group. (Do NOT watch the 2nd video. We'll do that tomorrow.) Highlight important text and write a sticky note with your valuable thoughts or add a comment to an existing sticky note. Be sure to make the note visible to our group.
Show how to use tables and tabs in Google Docs
Formatting cells in Excel? (or move to Friday)
Fri. (12/7)
Spend time on the TED blog post on gaming that I shared in our Diigo group. Add to someone's comment or add your own. We'll watch the 2nd video on the TED blog shared in our Diigo group on Monday and backchannel.
WEEK 15: 11/27 - 11/30
Mon (11/26) THANKSGIVING VACATION
Tues (11/27 - Day 63)
Pass back graded Assignment 1 rubric.
Give anyone last chance to change blog theme. Explain that links/pics/videos will give extra points to blog and comments grades. You will be posting/commenting once a week at a minimum.
Mondays: Answer comments from last blog post. Write new blog post.
Wednesdays: Comment on your person's blog post. (See commenting schedule.)
Mrs. Garton will grade your last week's post, comments, and responses to your comments on Mondays.
Link your new blog to the blog page of the class wiki or to the blog page of your wiki so we can all access it.
Blogs bookmarked and tagged in Diigo and one shared with our "LMH Computer Apps Class" group due Wed.
Tab assignment uploaded to your Word Processing page due Thurs.
Introduction to creating tables in Word Processing.
Wed (11/28 - Day 64)
Comment on your person's 1st Blog post. (You will all have to link your blog url to either the class blog page or your blog page so everyone can find your new blog.)
Do the Table Activity where you create 2 tables: one that is a schedule and one that includes names. Save them to your computer. If you finish it, print it out and hand it in
Diigo bookmarks due (5 blogs bookmarked and tagged. One shared with our "LMH Computer Apps Class" group.)
Thurs (11/29 - Day 65) (Juniors/Seniors gone)
Finish the schedule and name Tables from Wednesday. Print them out.
In Class: opportunity to make sure you are done with: Diigo assignment, Tabs assignment, Table Activity, Themed Blog linked to Blog page, 1st post done, comment done.
Write 3 possible themes (1st, 2nd, 3rd choice) for a new blog you will start posting to each week. (Mrs. Garton will approve your choice first.)
Mr. Silva will show the video on the new "Word Processing Videos" page on the class wiki. Then you will try to create the same kind of document on your own in class ("Setting Stop-Tabs with a Dot Leader").
Finish Tabs - 1) dotted lines and a "right-tab stop" for Table of contents, 2) using it to type something both left and right aligned on the same line, etc.
Duplicate the paper example from Mrs. Garton.
Wed (11/21, Day 62)
Assignment #2: Tab paper to be re-created and uploaded to your Word Processing page on your wiki.
Create your new "Themed" blog. Write your first post.
Thurs: THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Fri: THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
WEEK 13: 11/12 - 11/16
Mon (11/12, Day 55)
For some reason, only 4 students had blog posts that were completed. Check Heidi's blog post to see how it should be done. Mr. Silva will make sure everyone understands what to do for that assignment. I also emailed all those who either did not do it correctly or who did not post at all or who do not have their blog linked on the class wiki blog page.
Either do in class or do for homework: Mr. Silva will show the new video on Mrs. Garton's blog: "what a day in the future looks like". Some of you saw most of this on the Fall Social day. If you have not commented on this blog post, do so. The video will give you more ideas.
Either do in class or for homework: Answer the survey on Mrs. Garton's 3rd blog post.
Tues (11/13, Day 56)
Tabs! - Finally!
Wed (11/14, Day 57)
Go to Mrs. Garton's latest blog post (with survey questions). Answer as many questions as you can as a comment.
Go to the commenting schedule (or Mr. Silva can project it) and see whose blog you are to comment on. Give a "well-thought-out" comment sharing your opinion on their blog post about the Prezi topic.
Thurs (11/15, Day 58)
Watch the TED video on GAMING on Mrs. Garton's blog together as a class, while discussing on the "backchannel", using "www.todaysmeet.com".
Fri (11/16, Day 59)
Make sure everyone can sign into Diigo.
Finish bookmarking your blogs on Diigo.
Join the group: "LMH Computer Apps Class". (Mrs. Garton will have to approve you after you request to join.)
Share one of your bookmarks with our class group.
Discuss types of blogs you can have. Share with the class, the title and what the blog is about.
Think about what theme you could have for a blog. Be prepared to write 3 possible themes on Monday.
Tabs: Learn how to make solid lines on your page by using a solid line leader tab.
WEEK 12: 11/5 - 11/9
Mon (11/5, Day 50)
Continue viewing everyone's Prezis (Start with Tyler.) from the teacher computer and commenting on each person's wiki in the discussion part. (You will need to choose one to write a blog post about on Monday.)
Remember that your assignments are due Friday 11/9:
Word Processing (column/section breaks)
2 discussion posts on your person's Google Presentation and Prezi,
a good blog post on Mrs. Garton's 2nd blog post (How technology will change our lives in 5-10 years)
A blog post on your own blog about the topic someone used in their Prezi. Include a link to their Prezi page or embed their Prezi.
Tues (11/5, Day 51) - No class - Fall Social
Wed (11/7, Day 52)
Same as Monday, since Prezi didn't work on Monday.
Thurs (11/8, Day 53)
We watched the last of the Prezis. Mrs. Garton projected comments from someone's Prezi and we evaluated them to emphasize what makes a good comment and what is expected when you write a comment.
Friday (11/9, Day 54)
Mrs. Garton absent. :-(
Do your blog post (using the topic from someone's Prezi) if you haven't already
2ND QUARTER STARTS:
WEEK 11: 10/26 - 11/2
Mon (Day 47) - no school - Sandy Superstorm Tues (Day 48) - no school - Sandy Superstorm
Listing and linking 5 good blogs on your blog page of your wiki., telling why they are good.
Bookmarking those 5 blogs in your Diigo account.
Listing what makes a good blog.
Copying/pasting 3 good blog comments.
Listing what makes a good blog comment.
If you are finished, either write your own blog post on your blog or add better answers to the 2 blog posts I wrote, or add comments to other student's blogs.
Thurs (Day 48)
Get into groups and come up with 5 rules for blogs and 5 rules for comments, using what students have come up with and I posted on our shared Google Doc. (on the blog page)
Read rules for blogging and writing comments.
Intro to setting tabs
Finish your blog page if you haven't: link to your blog, 5 blogs, what makes a good blog, 3 good comments copied/pasted, what makes a good comment
Copy/Paste the shared Google Doc from the class wiki blog page w/ our Blogging rules onto your individual blog page.
Start viewing everyone's Prezis from the teacher computer and commenting on each person's wiki. (You will need to choose one to write a blog post about on Monday.)
Play around with right tabs.
LAST WEEK OF 1ST QUARTER:
WEEK 10: 10/22 - 10/26
Mon (Day 42)
Brandon will show the video on Mrs. Garton's blog post: "TED Talk - Sixth Sense Device". Post your own comments to the blog. Comment on each other's comments. Start having discussions on the blog.
Start looking at blogs that are on our class blog page. You can click on the links under: "Search for Blogs".
Pay special attention to the way people comment, discuss, and share ideas through blogs.
Write down the names and urls of blogs you like. We will use those urls on Tuesday.
Tues (Day 43)
Create a Diigo account for bookmarking sites from anywhere and sharing bookmarks.
Bookmark the class wiki and your blog and any of the blogs you found that you liked on Monday.
Discuss blogs that you read. - What are people blogging about?
Look at the 10 yr. old girl's blog (Laura) on "25 Days to Make a Difference" Notice the comments.
Check back to Mrs. Garton's first blog about the Sixth Sense Device. Can you add to the conversation?
Continue to bookmark blogs you liked from Monday and add tags for each. You will need to bookmark at least 5 blogs eventually. Try to bookmark them on diigo.
Friday (Day 46)
Make sure everyone is set up in Diigo. Bookmark a blog in Diigo and add a tag. Show how to see your library and search for your bookmarks.
Review what makes a good blog, showing what students have written and looking at a website about it.
WEEK 9: 10/15 - 10/19
Mon. (Day 37)
Comment on someone's Google Presentation and someone's Prezi in the discussion area.
Continue looking/reading blogs. Choose one or more to follow regularly.
Tues. (Day 38)
Word Processing - review column breaks.
Hand out Prezi rubric. Due Wed.
Blogging - What is a blog (show Common Craft video), why blog, examples of blogs, read some blogs, notice the comments/discussions.
Create your own class blog using Blogger. Link your blog to our class blog page.
Wed. (Day 39)
Prezi due.
Do Section / Column Break handout in class. Save it on the desktop. Create a page in your wiki called "Word Processing". Upload the handout to your Word processing page.
Do your 2 discussion posts for your two people (Presentation/Prezi)
Read some examples of blogs on the class wiki blog page; notice the comments/discussions by others
Create a class blog and write a post if you like. The post should be something you are proud of and is a good reflection on you.
Thurs (Day 40)
Check in:
Pass back Google Presentation graded assignment.
Make sure Wd Processing page is made and Section/Column break assignment is uploaded.
Make sure Prezi page is made and Prezi is embedded.
Friday (Day 41)
Check in.
Make sure that everyone can post a discussion on everyone's wiki.
Create a blog in Blogger for Computer Apps class, if you haven't already. and link to Class Blog page.
Go to the "Settings" part of your blog. Make sure "Readers", it says "Anybody".
Add your blog to the class wiki.
View the video on (Mrs. Garton's) 1st blog post "TED Talk: Sixth Sense Device" and comment. (Video is 9 min.)
Start looking at blogs on the Internet. Bookmark blogs you like and create tags for them. (You will continue this on Monday.) You will need to bookmark at least 5 blogs eventually.
WEEK 8: 10/8 - 10/12
Mon. (Day 32)
Prezi - Add text boxes and format text. Change background. Add images. Mr. Silva will demonstrate how to add images.
You can also work on your Google Presentations which are due Wed.
Tues. (Day 33)
Prezi - Add a Youtube video. Learn how to add a path.
Create a page in your wiki and embed your Prezi.
I will also be available to help with your Google Presentation, if you need help.
Wed. (Day 34)
Prezi - Work on finishing this assignment.
Vacation Google Presentation due.
Thurs (Day 35)
Prezi - Worked on finishing / improving the project
Friday (Day 36)
Word Processing - Review indents
Word Processing - Breaks (page, column, section)
Show list of who is to comment on whose Presentation and Prezi on Monday. (On "Commenting" page)
WEEK 7: 10/2 - 10/5
Tues. (Day 28)
Prezi - You should already have signed up for your educational account, and have verified it by clicking in the email they sent to your LMS email account.
Today you will begin searching for text and a Youtube video for your theme: a character trait or quality such as: encouragement, perseverance, kindness, courage, generosity...). We will watch the first tutorial video for Prezi (on the "Learn" tab on the website). Then you will start adding your text (At least 3 famous quotes and 3 verses). Add your Youtube video today or at home, because it will be blocked on Wednesday.
Formatting text in Prezi and changing the background.
Vacation Google Presentation assignment due. This assignment date has been changed to next Wednesday. Many students did not follow the directions, so I explained it better, created a more detailed assignment sheet (See assignments link.)
Prezi - Mr. Silva tried to have them work on it, but it would not allow editing because Flash needed updated.
Thurs. (Day 30)
I explained the Presentation assignment better and had students write 3 possible questions to use as topics for the assignment. They were to give me those 3 questions on their way out so I could approve. (Not all students did.)
Prezi - We worked on adding text in the library on those computers. (However, Google Apps wouldn't work on all computers.)
Fri. (Day 31)
I showed an example of what I wanted in a Presentation again and handed back students' 3 questions w/ approved topic questions. Not all had handed them in. There were about 4 who had not gotten theirs approved. They were to stay after class to get that done. Not all of those did.
Prezi - We worked in the pc lab 116, where Flash had been updated and Google Chrome had been installed so we could edit in Google Docs as well. Unfortunately, Google Docs would not allow some students to see that their text was selected when clicking and dragging, so not all students could copy/paste their quotes into Prezi. I demonstrated how to change background and format text boxes in Prezi.
WEEK 6: 9/24 - 9/28
Mon. (Day 23)
Google Presentation - (a limited version of PPT) Using the handout, try to create a Google Presentation for your vacation page.
The topic/title should be in the form of a question about some part of your vacation. Look at my example on my wiki. Examples of topics I could use for my trip to Dewey Beach:
How did Grottos Pizza get started?
How did salt water taffy get its name?
What is the difference between different types of jet skis?
Copy/paste the urls of any resources on your last slide.
Tues. (Day 24)
Powerpoint - Demo how to add new theme, new slide, transitions, animations.
Google Presentations - Demo how to do the same thing as regular PPT.
Request to join each other's wiki. Accept each other's requests.
Wed. (Day 25)
Google My Map on your Vacation page due.
Thurs. (Day 26)
Assign everyone 2 classmates. You must read those 2 classmates' wiki pages and comment/ask a question on each page, using the discussion feature. (You do not have to do their home page.)
Work on Google Presentation and I can help if needed. DUE WED 10/3
Fri. (Day 27)
Wd Processing: Review justifications, first line indent, left indent, page break.
Prezi introduction (Sign up for an educational (student) account using your LMS email address. - We will create a Prezi using theme (encouragement, kindness, courage, generosity etc.) and 1) quotes 2) bible verses 3) youtube video
6 total placemarks (At least 2 of them must be from a Google search.)
Descriptions for every placemark where you can add it.
Change at least one of the placemarks to another icon.
Add a route.
Embed the map on your vacation page.
Create an anchor down to the map and back to the top of your page.
Thurs: (Day 21)
Hand out rubric for My Maps project due Wednesday.
Work on My Maps project.
Fri: (Day 22)
Work on My Maps project.
Explain Google presentation project to work on Monday.
WEEK 4:9/10 - 9/14
Mon: (Day 13)
Email help@wikispaces to ask them to change your wiki to an education wiki.
Study Hall Time - No games or browsing.
Tues: (Day 14)
Review justification boxes and 1st line indent, hanging indent.
Demo left indent, right indent, insert date, page break, saving (keeping .docx extension).
Get into Google Docs and do the same type of formatting. (There is no hanging indent.)
Watch Mrs. Garton create a document, "Topics", and share it with each of you, making it so you cannot edit it. Watch as she can edit it right and you can see the changes being made on your copy in real time.
Download that document and rename it with your name. Ex" Topics Jonathan M.
Upload that file to your Google Docs and share it w/ Mrs. Garton.
Tomorrow, you will answer the questions on that document.
Complete the brainstorming on the shared document, "Topics Your Name". Write at least 5 things under each question.
If you finish, Google websites that relate to those topics and list them under each.
Thurs: (Day 16)
Make sure everyone shared their Google Doc "Topics with Mrs. Garton.
Demo insert date and insert page break in Word. Do the same with Google Docs.
Demo printing from Google Docs (You have to tell it to print twice.). It creates a .pdf.) (This is on the document we've been using for the past several days.)
Form partners. Share a document with the other. Write what 9/11 means to you. (Will do this another day.)
Review rules & assignment page for class. Do not go off on other sites during class. (Detention) Seating change.
"Topics" Google Doc. You should have 5 brainstormed answers to each. Think broader this time, and add to or revise your current answers.
Add a new question to be answered Monday: Give 5 topics for electives or classes if you could create a class. (What would you like to learn more about?)
Google Doc review - right justify, center a title, first line indent, double space, printing.
Google Docs - Show how to create a folder and put files in it.
Google MyMaps for your vacation.
Embed your Google MyMaps on your wiki. (May need to do Tues.)
Insert an anchor on your page to link down to your map. (May need to do Tues.)
Insert an anchor at the bottom to go back to the "Top of Page". (Tues?)
Continue to add routes and placemarkers on your MyMaps.
WEEK 3: 9//4 - 9/30
Tues: (Day 9)
Go over web page design (CARP) and little or no scrolling, esp. on home page.
Go over the assignment which is due Friday. (Click on assignment link at top of page.)
Upload and insert the 2 pics you took of yourself in Photo Booth on Thursday to your Profile page.
Example of what a Voki avatar is. Hand out Voki usernames. The passwords are the same as your Google password.
Create a voki with a greeting to add to your Homepage. (Ex: "Hi, I'm ---. Welcome to my wiki!") Click HERE to log in to Voki for the directions to make your voki avatar for your home page. Sign in with your Voki username and your LMS Google Apps password. (ID + lms) Follow the instruction sheet handed out last Thursday. You will need to submit your wiki for approval by Thursday so I can approve it before class. Then you will be able to upload it in class Thursday.
Work on your assignment which is due Friday. (Basic Wiki 1)
Embed your vokis onto your Home page (or any new existing page or new page).
Start Word Processing in Word. (alignment, margin markers, page breaks)
Google Docs (alignment, margin markers, page breaks, folders)
Fri: (Day 12)
The first Assignment Basic Wiki 1 is due.
Create a Google Doc (Name Topics). Put it in a folder called "LMH Comp Apps Name". Share it with me.
Write things you know a lot about, things you wish you knew more about, things you wonder about, things you would like to change or make better if you could.
Request to be a member of each class member's wiki. / Accept everyone as a member.
Demo of how to add a comment or start a discussion.
WEEK 2:8/27 - 8/30
Mon: (Day 5)
Add pictures - to your home page and profile page.
Add a new page and write about a place you visited during summer vacation or some other time. It needs to be a place where you can use Google MyMaps to enter placemarks, routes, information about places there.
See last Friday for Instructions .
Tues: (Day 6)
Add an image from a Google search to your Vacation page.
Link it to the site where you got it.
Add a caption to the image
Watch a demo of how to use the 3D-textmaker site to add animated text.
Use the 3D-textmaker site to add animated text to your Vacation page. (Reminder: Use my website I created as an example.)
Add a bible verse you like or one that is kind of like your "motto" to your home page. Use the link to www.biblegateway.com on the class wiki home page. If you don't really want it on your home page, you can create another page for it.
You may add another page and make it about something you're interested in so you can play around with the images, animated text, etc.
Create wiki and design home page with quote (pic, format text). Create a link to LMHcomputerclass wiki. Create "Profile" page for tomorrow.
Wed: (Day 2)
Format "Profile" page about yourself: hobbies, extracurricular activities, family, home, church, school, interests, "favorites", etc. Add pics from Microsoft Office's website (not Google images)
Go to Management section of wiki and change the format of your wiki. (Manage wiki / Look and Feel)
Work on your Profile Page.
Link your wiki to the class wiki.
Fri: (Day 4)
Review of how to Link your wiki to Class wiki and make your wiki "protected", not private.(Manage wiki / Permissions)
I will show you how to allow people to request to be members, however, then they can edit your pages, so only allow Mrs. Garton and Mr. Silva to be members. (Manage wiki / Permissions. Go further down the page.)
12/14 ASSIGNMENT: Create an ad or flyer which includes:
Due: 1/3
? pts
A logo made up of 2 or more graphics that are grouped: Word Art & clipart (or shapes). You may choose to do a SumoPaint logo instead with text and/or an image. Extra point points if you use SumoPaint.
Text boxes (more than one)
At least one image
Lines or shapes
Title that is larger
Other main points or headings that are larger.
Use a magazine ad or flyer whose layout you like and can pretty much copy. You can use the websites shared in our Diigo group
12/10 ASSIGNMENT: 3 HS Quality Posts on the Backchannel from the David Perry video on new meaning in gaming.
Due: 12/13
3 pts.
TEST: Test on Formatting Tables in Word (Taken Thurs, 12/6)
25 pts
WEEKLY BLOGGING/COMMENTING ASSIGNMENT: Weekly Blog post / comment / answering questions (Weekly from Mon/Wed (Nov 21-30) until the end of the quarter) Due: (Mrs. Garton will grade them every Tuesday for the previous week.)
10 points: (7 for blog post w/ pics, links, opinions, facts; 3 points for comments w/ question, link or pic. Points will be deducted if you do not answer all questions asked of you in your comments.
Final Blog Grade: At the end of the semester, you will be graded on the development of your blog. I am looking for links, discussions, requesting and getting participation and involvement from your readers, as well as how involved you are in other student's blogs.)
Monday: Answer any questions someone asked in their comments to you. Write your next blog post. (Blog posts should be according to good blog rules and include picture or video and link to get the full 7 points. Do not copy/paste from another site, but do include information you've learned from the site you link.)
Wednesday:Comment on your person's blog. (Comments should be according to good comment rules and should include a question to get 2 points, and a pic or link to a related site to get 3 points.) If your person does not have their post complete, comment on another person's post and email Mrs. Garton to let her know you are commenting on a different person's blog.
Blog post 1: Wed 11/21 (day before Thanksgiving) - Comment on #1 post: Wed 11/28
Blog post 2 (answer questions to #1): Mon 12/3; - Comment on #2 post: Wed 12/7
Blog post 3 (answer questions to #2): Mon 12/10 - Comment on #3 post: Wed 12/12
Blog post 4 (answer questions to #3): Mon 12/17 - Comment on #4 post: Wed 12/19
Blog post 5 (answer questions to #4): Mon 1/7 - Comment on #5 post: Wed 1/9
11/21: ASSIGNMENT 3: Tabs
Due: Nov. 29
10 pts.
Recreate the paper on tabs and upload it to your Word Processing page on your wiki. (See Mrs. Garton if you need the paper. or download it below.)
Bookmark 5 good blogs you found in Diigo and tag them.
Request to join our Diigo group: LMH Computer Class. Then share one of your blog bookmarks with the group.
11/2: ASSIGNMENT 1: (Assignment update): Column/Section Break paper, Commenting on someone's Presentation and Prezi, Commenting on Mrs. Garton's 2nd Blog post (How will tech change our lives in 5-10 yrs.), Your blog page with your blog / 5 blogs / what makes a good blog / 3 good comments / what makes a good comment.
Due: Nov. 9
25 pts
(5 pts) Home pagewith content: title, name, picture, bible verse/reference, voki, link to class wiki.
(2 pts) Home pageformatted correctly: change in font/size/color alignment, title larger than name, little or no scrolling necessary, appealing arrangement of items
(4 pts) Profile page with content: 2 Photo Booth pics (one with effects in table at bottom of page), paragraph about yourself, at least one picture that has something to do with you, your interests, pets, etc. (4 pts.)
(2 pts) Profile page formatted: changed font/size/color, designed well, pictures not too large, no unnecessary scrolling.
(5 pts) Vacation page with content: title in animated text, picture from a website (not an image website), link on picture to website, caption on picture to explain what it is, paragraph about your vacation.
(2 pts) Vacation page formatted correctly: change of font/size/color, designed well, pictures not too large, no unnecessary scrolling.
(5 pts) Overall quality/effort (how much you wrote, quality of what you wrote, punctuation/spelling, amount/type of pictures)
WEEK OF Jan. 7 - Jan. 11
Mon (1/7)
Tues(1/7)
Wed (1/8)
Wed (1/8)
Thurs (1/9)
Fri (1/10)
WEEK OF Jan. 2 - Jan. 4
Wed (1/2)
Thurs (1/3)
Fri (1/4)
WEEK 17: 12/17 - 12/21
Mon (12/17)
Tues (12/18)
Wed (12/19)
Thurs (12/20)
Fri (12/21)
WEEK 16: 12/10 - 12/14
Mon (12/10)
Tues (12/11)
Wed (12/12)
Thurs (12/13)
Fri (12/14)
www.topdesignmag.com/perb-examples-of-flyer-designs
www.brandsoftheworld.com
WEEK 15: 12/3 - 12/7
Mon (12/3)
- Answer any questions on your first blog post. Write your 2nd blog post.
Weekly Blog.docx
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Tues (12/4)Wed (12/5)
Thurs (12/6)
Fri. (12/7)
WEEK 15: 11/27 - 11/30
Mon (11/26) THANKSGIVING VACATION
Tues (11/27 - Day 63)
Wed (11/28 - Day 64)
Thurs (11/29 - Day 65) (Juniors/Seniors gone)
Fri (11/30 - Day 66) (Juniors/Seniors gone)
WEEK 14: 11/19 - 21
Mon (11/19, Day 60)
Tues (11/20, Day 61)
Wed (11/21, Day 62)
Thurs: THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Fri: THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
WEEK 13: 11/12 - 11/16
Mon (11/12, Day 55)
Tues (11/13, Day 56)
Wed (11/14, Day 57)
Thurs (11/15, Day 58)
Fri (11/16, Day 59)
WEEK 12: 11/5 - 11/9
Mon (11/5, Day 50)
Tues (11/5, Day 51) - No class - Fall Social
Wed (11/7, Day 52)
Thurs (11/8, Day 53)
Friday (11/9, Day 54)
2ND QUARTER STARTS:
WEEK 11: 10/26 - 11/2
Mon (Day 47) - no school - Sandy Superstorm
Tues (Day 48) - no school - Sandy Superstorm
Wed (Day 47)
Thurs (Day 48)
Fri (Day 49)
LAST WEEK OF 1ST QUARTER:
WEEK 10: 10/22 - 10/26
Mon (Day 42)
Tues (Day 43)
Wed (Day 44)
Thurs (Day 45)
Friday (Day 46)
WEEK 9: 10/15 - 10/19
Mon. (Day 37)
Tues. (Day 38)
Wed. (Day 39)
Thurs (Day 40)
Friday (Day 41)
WEEK 8: 10/8 - 10/12
Mon. (Day 32)
Tues. (Day 33)
Wed. (Day 34)
Thurs (Day 35)
Friday (Day 36)
WEEK 7: 10/2 - 10/5
Tues. (Day 28)
Wed. (Day 29)
Thurs. (Day 30)
Fri. (Day 31)
WEEK 6: 9/24 - 9/28
Mon. (Day 23)
Tues. (Day 24)
Wed. (Day 25)
Thurs. (Day 26)
Fri. (Day 27)
WEEK 5: 9/17 - 9/21
Mon. (Day 18)
Tues. (Day 19)
Wed. (Day 20)
Thurs: (Day 21)
Fri: (Day 22)
WEEK 4: 9/10 - 9/14
Mon: (Day 13)
Tues: (Day 14)
Wed: (Day 15)
Thurs: (Day 16)
Fri: (Day 17)
WEEK 3: 9//4 - 9/30
Tues: (Day 9)
- Go over web page design (CARP) and little or no scrolling, esp. on home page.
- Go over the assignment which is due Friday. (Click on assignment link at top of page.)
- Upload and insert the 2 pics you took of yourself in Photo Booth on Thursday to your Profile page.
- Example of what a Voki avatar is. Hand out Voki usernames. The passwords are the same as your Google password.
- Thurs, Tues, Wed Instructions:
Com Apps Class day 8&9&10.doc
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Wed: (Day 10)- Create a voki with a greeting to add to your Homepage. (Ex: "Hi, I'm ---. Welcome to my wiki!") Click HERE to log in to Voki for the directions to make your voki avatar for your home page. Sign in with your Voki username and your LMS Google Apps password. (ID + lms) Follow the instruction sheet handed out last Thursday. You will need to submit your wiki for approval by Thursday so I can approve it before class. Then you will be able to upload it in class Thursday.
- Work on your assignment which is due Friday. (Basic Wiki 1)
- Thurs, Tues, Wed Instructions:
Com Apps Class day 8&9&10.doc
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Thurs: (Day 11)- Embed your vokis onto your Home page (or any new existing page or new page).
- Start Word Processing in Word. (alignment, margin markers, page breaks)
- Google Docs (alignment, margin markers, page breaks, folders)
Fri: (Day 12)WEEK 2: 8/27 - 8/30
Mon: (Day 5)
- Add pictures - to your home page and profile page.
- Add a new page and write about a place you visited during summer vacation or some other time. It needs to be a place where you can use Google MyMaps to enter placemarks, routes, information about places there.
- See last Friday for Instructions .
Tues: (Day 6)- Add an image from a Google search to your Vacation page.
- Link it to the site where you got it.
- Add a caption to the image
- Watch a demo of how to use the 3D-textmaker site to add animated text.
- Tues Instructions:
Com Apps Class day 6.doc
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Wed: (Day 7)- Use the 3D-textmaker site to add animated text to your Vacation page. (Reminder: Use my website I created as an example.)
- Add a bible verse you like or one that is kind of like your "motto" to your home page. Use the link to www.biblegateway.com on the class wiki home page. If you don't really want it on your home page, you can create another page for it.
- You may add another page and make it about something you're interested in so you can play around with the images, animated text, etc.
- Wed Instructions:
Com Apps Class day 7.doc
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Thurs: (Day 8)WEEK 1: 8/21-24
Tues: (Day 1)
- Shared Google Doc
- Create wiki and design home page with quote (pic, format text). Create a link to LMHcomputerclass wiki. Create "Profile" page for tomorrow.
Wed: (Day 2)- Format "Profile" page about yourself: hobbies, extracurricular activities, family, home, church, school, interests, "favorites", etc. Add pics from Microsoft Office's website (not Google images)
- Wed/Thurs Instructions:
Com Apps Class day 2&3.doc
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Thurs: (Day 3)- Go to Management section of wiki and change the format of your wiki. (Manage wiki / Look and Feel)
- Work on your Profile Page.
- Link your wiki to the class wiki.
Fri: (Day 4)GRADED ASSIGNMENTS:
SECOND QUARTER ASSIGNMENTS:
12/14 ASSIGNMENT: Create an ad or flyer which includes:
Due: 1/3
? pts
- A logo made up of 2 or more graphics that are grouped: Word Art & clipart (or shapes). You may choose to do a SumoPaint logo instead with text and/or an image. Extra point points if you use SumoPaint.
- Text boxes (more than one)
- At least one image
- Lines or shapes
- Title that is larger
- Other main points or headings that are larger.
Use a magazine ad or flyer whose layout you like and can pretty much copy. You can use the websites shared in our Diigo group12/10 ASSIGNMENT: 3 HS Quality Posts on the Backchannel from the David Perry video on new meaning in gaming.
Due: 12/13
3 pts.
TEST: Test on Formatting Tables in Word (Taken Thurs, 12/6)
25 pts
WEEKLY BLOGGING/COMMENTING ASSIGNMENT: Weekly Blog post / comment / answering questions (Weekly from Mon/Wed (Nov 21-30) until the end of the quarter) Due: (Mrs. Garton will grade them every Tuesday for the previous week.)
10 points: (7 for blog post w/ pics, links, opinions, facts; 3 points for comments w/ question, link or pic. Points will be deducted if you do not answer all questions asked of you in your comments.
Final Blog Grade: At the end of the semester, you will be graded on the development of your blog. I am looking for links, discussions, requesting and getting participation and involvement from your readers, as well as how involved you are in other student's blogs.)
11/21: ASSIGNMENT 3: Tabs
Due: Nov. 29
10 pts.
Recreate the paper on tabs and upload it to your Word Processing page on your wiki. (See Mrs. Garton if you need the paper. or download it below.)
11/28: ASSIGNMENT 2: Diigo bookmarks
Due: Nov. 28
4 pts
11/2: ASSIGNMENT 1: (Assignment update): Column/Section Break paper, Commenting on someone's Presentation and Prezi, Commenting on Mrs. Garton's 2nd Blog post (How will tech change our lives in 5-10 yrs.), Your blog page with your blog / 5 blogs / what makes a good blog / 3 good comments / what makes a good comment.
Due: Nov. 9
25 pts
FIRST QUARTER ASSIGNMENTS:
ASSIGNMENT 4: Prezi
Due: Wed, Oct. 17.
ASSIGNMENT 3: Vacation Google Presentation (20 pts.)
Due: Wed, Oct. 3
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ASSIGNMENT 2: Vacation Google My Places Map (33 pts)
Due: Wed, Sept 26
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ASSIGNMENT 1: Basic Wiki 1 (25 pts)
Due: Friday, Sept. 7
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